I still remember my first academic counselor meeting at UofM engineering, and she said "oh we love Slipper Rock!" I had the most confused look on my face because our school never sent anyone to Michigan. Most went to SRU or other local colleges.
Well said, and you yourseld do a great job embodying your late father's wisdom.
I want to say I appreciate your contribution here on the site a lot, mgrowold. Thanks for bringing a certain tone of level-headedness to rather heated discussions such as these.
And black people were traditionally described by a word you surely know. Can I assume then you think we should've kept this "tradition"? Or do you think some how term "redskin" should be treated differently? Why? Because you are Native American and don't consider it derogatory?
If the only reason that you think this term is fine is because you've only used it to describe a sports team is extremely narrow minded at best.
This lazy abandonment of our brightest minds in science based on our perception that they couldn't make accurate forecasts in regards to a once-in-a-generation event is just mind boggling and both very scary.
Went to middle school, high school there and came to UM for school.
For the life of me I couldn't understand this fascination with Slippery Rock until I had a meeting with my advisor who kind of went through the history that UM has with Slippery Rock.
When I tell my friends back in town this, they're all like whaaat
As somone very interested in coffee, I appreciate Ann Arbor's coffee scene.
Ann Arbor's probably Michigan's place to be for quality coffee.
Maybe even in the Midwest, excluding Chicago, home of Intelligentsia the face company of the third wave coffee movement.
In regards to shops and tasting excellent coffee, these are my recommendations in order of excellence (my opinion)
1. Espresso Bar in Kerrytown: opened in the spring, they serve excellent single origin espresso roasted by a Detroit roaster, Anthology coffee. Sandy, the co-owner is in my recommendation the top barista in Ann Arbor. He used to work at Coment coffee. They only serve espresso/espresso based drinks though.
2. Lab at Liberty St.: They serve Intelligentsia coffees as their main espresso, sometimes rotating different blends/single origins. Their pour overs are quite excellent also if you pick the right ones. My go to place for kind of close to campus-ish location.
3. Comet coffee: Probably the first of the third wave coffee shop that appeared in Ann Arbor around 2008(?). Had my first true "espresso" there pulled by the owner a few years ago and can not forget that experience. A very cute shop with very hipster baristas haha.
4. Ugly Mug: This is actually located in Ypsilanti but a quick 15 minutes drive from Ann Arbor. As far as I know they were the premiere third wave coffee shop of Michigan before the arrival of the Ann Arbor shops and Mad Cap of Grand Rapids, MI. Very funky interior but serve excellent coffee
If you are more into getting loca roasted coffee beans as gifts, I would recommend Zingerman's. Their "#1 espresso blend" is quite good, not as good as the premiere artisan coffee roasters of the country maybe. Other choices include Mighty Good Coffee and also Roos Roast but was not impressed with either.
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I graduated from Slippery Rock high school.
I still remember my first academic counselor meeting at UofM engineering, and she said "oh we love Slipper Rock!" I had the most confused look on my face because our school never sent anyone to Michigan. Most went to SRU or other local colleges.
It was a weird feeling for sure.
Well said, and you yourseld do a great job embodying your late father's wisdom.
I want to say I appreciate your contribution here on the site a lot, mgrowold. Thanks for bringing a certain tone of level-headedness to rather heated discussions such as these.
Man what an absolutely horrible take.
my screen name is finally relevant after all these years
"The Redskin name is tradition".
And black people were traditionally described by a word you surely know. Can I assume then you think we should've kept this "tradition"? Or do you think some how term "redskin" should be treated differently? Why? Because you are Native American and don't consider it derogatory?
If the only reason that you think this term is fine is because you've only used it to describe a sports team is extremely narrow minded at best.
Yeah seriously...the way some people are so eager to frame this into politics is very disturbing...
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A hack because of what?
This lazy abandonment of our brightest minds in science based on our perception that they couldn't make accurate forecasts in regards to a once-in-a-generation event is just mind boggling and both very scary.
This is fantastic advice, I will have to pass this along to anyone in a similar situation!
come on man, this is just pitiful...
man, you need a vacation in bolivia
Always enjoy these. Thanks as always.
Here is my co-worker's response piece to Wilbon's article if anyone's interested in reading another perspective: http://www.rotowire.com/blog/mission-possible-black-people-absolutely-u…
Yes! BME 479! I dropped out after bombing the first exam.
BME476 Biofluid Mechanics with Grotberg was also dark times for me.
Agreed. Hines Ward, one of my favorite receivers, wore 86
20-10 Michigan
I think that has more to do with distinguishing between the two Jake's.
don't you dare say another word
I seriously stared at that word thinking "what the fuck does denile mean?"
I grew up in Slippery Rock, PA.
Went to middle school, high school there and came to UM for school.
For the life of me I couldn't understand this fascination with Slippery Rock until I had a meeting with my advisor who kind of went through the history that UM has with Slippery Rock.
When I tell my friends back in town this, they're all like whaaat
Cause all they care about there is Steelers
As somone very interested in coffee, I appreciate Ann Arbor's coffee scene.
Ann Arbor's probably Michigan's place to be for quality coffee.
Maybe even in the Midwest, excluding Chicago, home of Intelligentsia the face company of the third wave coffee movement.
In regards to shops and tasting excellent coffee, these are my recommendations in order of excellence (my opinion)
1. Espresso Bar in Kerrytown: opened in the spring, they serve excellent single origin espresso roasted by a Detroit roaster, Anthology coffee. Sandy, the co-owner is in my recommendation the top barista in Ann Arbor. He used to work at Coment coffee. They only serve espresso/espresso based drinks though.
2. Lab at Liberty St.: They serve Intelligentsia coffees as their main espresso, sometimes rotating different blends/single origins. Their pour overs are quite excellent also if you pick the right ones. My go to place for kind of close to campus-ish location.
3. Comet coffee: Probably the first of the third wave coffee shop that appeared in Ann Arbor around 2008(?). Had my first true "espresso" there pulled by the owner a few years ago and can not forget that experience. A very cute shop with very hipster baristas haha.
4. Ugly Mug: This is actually located in Ypsilanti but a quick 15 minutes drive from Ann Arbor. As far as I know they were the premiere third wave coffee shop of Michigan before the arrival of the Ann Arbor shops and Mad Cap of Grand Rapids, MI. Very funky interior but serve excellent coffee
If you are more into getting loca roasted coffee beans as gifts, I would recommend Zingerman's. Their "#1 espresso blend" is quite good, not as good as the premiere artisan coffee roasters of the country maybe. Other choices include Mighty Good Coffee and also Roos Roast but was not impressed with either.
Joins in on the SEC cheat fest late...
Gets caught first
I drive by to work on State St. every morning and more than a few times Taylor's passed me on a moped.
Seriously looks like he's riding a tricycle on the road